Robertson Word Pictures - Colossians 3:18 - 3:18

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Robertson Word Pictures - Colossians 3:18 - 3:18


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Wives (kai gunaikes). The article here distinguishes class from class and with the vocative case can be best rendered “Ye wives.” So with each group.

Be in subjection to your husbands (hupotassesthe tois andrasin). “Own” (idiois) is genuine in Eph 5:22, but not here. The verb hupotassomai has a military air, common in the Koiné[28928]š for such obedience. Obedience in government is essential as the same word shows in Rom 13:1, Rom 13:5.

As is fitting in the Lord (hōs anēken en Kuriōi). This is an idiomatic use of the imperfect indicative with verbs of propriety in present time (Robertson, Grammar, p. 919). Wives have rights and privileges, but recognition of the husband’s leadership is essential to a well-ordered home, only the assumption is that the husband has a head and a wise one.